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13051 results for: Keyword - Mr C. Cibber
We found 5587 matches on Event Comments, 3817 matches on Performance Comments, 3645 matches on Author, 644 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1351
29 March 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Mrs Cibber first did Ophelia (Cross). Afterpiece: By particular desire. Five rows of Pit laid into Boxes and stage as on 7 March. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage door. Receipts: #275 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17490126, but Gravediggers-_Vaughan, Ray; Polonius-James; Ophelia-Mrs Cibber 1st time; Lucianus-_; Rosencraus-_; Guildenstern-_; Marcellus-_; Player King-_; Player Queen-_.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Cibber 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Song: Beard

1352
16 March 1751 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Play By Command of Prince & Princess of Wales. Play taken from the French of M de Voltaire. Never acted there before.' Pit and boxes to be laid together, where the Ladies and Gentlemen will be admitted as at the Oratorios. And for the better accommodation of the Ladies the Stage will be form'd into an amphitheatre (with particular care to keep it warm) where servants will be allowed to keep places, as also in the Pit. Ladies send servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Performance Comment: Osman-Barry (1st time); Lusignan-Sparks; Nerestan-Dyer; Chatillon-Lacey; Orasmyn-Ridout; Selim-Mrs Elmy; Zara-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Dance: As17500926

1353
02 October 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber did Monimia great app: (Cross). Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Chamont-Garrick; Monimia-Mrs Cibber, her first appearance there for 4 years; Page-Master Simson; Castalio-Ross; Polydore-Havard; Acasto-Berry; Florella-Mrs Bennet; Serina-Miss Minors; Chaplain-Blakes; Ernesto-Simson.
Cast
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Cibber, her first appearance there for 4 years
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Orphan Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

1354
12 February 1754 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Cibber. Mainpiece: Reviv'd. Tickets at the Stage Door of the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Foppington-Cibber; Loveless-Smith, 1st time; Young Fashion-Dyer; Sir Tunbelly-Martin; Coupler-Arthur; Worthy-Ridout; Seringe-Shuter; Lory-Stevens; Varole-Bencraft; Shoemaker-Paddick; Bull-Stoppelaer; Amanda-Mrs Barrington; Hoyden-Miss Baker; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Berinthia-Mrs Bland; Occasional Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Foppington Actor: Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17531211, but Davy-Shuter; Leander-R. Smith; Hellebore-Stoppelaer; The Mock Doctor-Cibber (with a new Epilogue in Character).
Cast
Role: The Mock Doctor Actor: Cibber

Dance: Granier, Mlle Camargo

1355
30 November 1754 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber taken ill Miss Haughton did Alicia. Printed Notice deliver'd at the Doors (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Garrick; Shore-Mossop; Gloster-Davies; Bellmour-Blakes; Darby-Burton; Catesby-Mozeen; Ratcliff-Simson; Alicia-Mrs Cibber; Jane Shore-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

1356
18 March 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber (Cross). Tickets delivered for the 11th will be taken (playbill). Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performance Comment: Tancred-Garrick; Sigismunda-Mrs Cibber; Siffredi-Berry; Osmond-Havard; Rhodolpho-Blakes; Laura-Mrs Haughton; Officers-Burton, Simson.
Cast
Role: Sigismunda Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: I: Beard

1357
02 April 1755 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for T.? Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Murphy first time; Aimwell-Ridout; Sullen-Sparks; Foigard-Barrington; Cherry-Mrs Green; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Woffington; Gibbet-Shuter; Scrub-Cibber; Boniface-Marten; Sir Charles-Anderson; Dorinda-Mrs Barrington.
Cast
Role: Scrub Actor: Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Press Gang or Love in Low Life

Performance Comment: Commodore-Lowe; True Blue-Baker; Careful-Howard; Dreadnaught-Bencraft; Boatswain-Dunstall; Nancy-Mrs Lampe; Jolly Tars, their Lasses-Comedians, Singers, Dancers; In the Sailor's Dance-; by Desire will be introduc'd a Hornpipe-Poitier; Also a New Occasional Epilogue (relative to Naval Preparations)-Cibber.
Cast
Role: Also a New Occasional Epilogue Actor: Cibber.

Song: II: Ellen a Roon-Mrs Donaldson (late Miss Falkner); IV: The Lady's Lesson a Cantata-Arne Jr

Dance: Granier, Mrs Granier

1358
21 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Part of Pit will be laid into Boxes, where servants will be allowed to keep places, and on the stage, which will be formed into an Amphitheatre. Receipts: #253 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Garrick; Shore-Mossop; Jane Shore-Mrs Pritchard; Alicia-Mrs Cibber; Catesby-Mozeen; Ratcliffe-Jefferson; Gloster-Davies; Belmour-Blakes; Darby-Walker.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: IV: A New Comic Dance-. [Dancers unspecified.

1359
14 March 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber play'd. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agis

Performance Comment: As17580304 but Euanthe-Mrs Cibber; Sandane-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Euanthe Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Ballet: I: The Prussian Camp. As17580131

1360
30 December 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber's first appearance this season (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holland, 1st time; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Tom-O'Brien; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Myrtle-Palmer; Sir John Bevil-Burton; Sealand-Havard; Cimberton-Philips; Humphrey-Blakes; Lucinda-Mrs Hippisley; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanter

Song: II: Lowe

1361
23 March 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Part of Pit [made into] Amphitheatre. Ladies are desired to send their servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Garrick; Col. Briton-Palmer; Frederick-Packer; Lissardo-Yates; Gibby-Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Davies; Flora-Mrs Clive; Inis-Mrs Brandshaw; Violante-Mrs Cibber, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Cibber, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17601008

1362
18 March 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. No Building on Stage. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performance Comment: As17610924, but Tancred-Garrick; Sigismunda-Mrs Cibber; Officers-Scrase, Castle.
Cast
Role: Sigismunda Actor: Mrs Cibber

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Song: HHearts of Oak-. [See17620209]

1363
27 October 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

1364
12 December 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

1365
05 July 1786 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

1366
21 December 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Werter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Chaplet

Dance: In afterpiece: Byrne, the two Miss Simonets

Song: In III: Epithalamium. Vocal Parts-Darley, Cubitt, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr

1367
15 November 1790 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Chaplet

Dance: As17901020

1368
12 October 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats Or The Strolling Gentlemen

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

1369
15 November 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Chaplet

Dance: As17931020

1370
07 March 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection Of Sacred Music From The Works Of Handel

1371
28 June 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Liar

Afterpiece Title: LODOISKA

Afterpiece Title: MY GRANDMOTHER

1372
07 October 1794 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Song: The Original Music of Matthew Locke and Accompaniments by Dr Arne and Linley? Sen.-; Chorus of Witches and Spirits-Kelly, Master Welsh, Sedgwick, Dignum, Cooke, Mrs Crouch, Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Miss Menage, Miss Redhead

1373
17 February 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queans Author(s): Colley Cibber

Song: [omitted from playbill]As17950128

1374
12 March 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queans Author(s): Colley Cibber

1375
14 March 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Related Works
Related Work: Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John Author(s): Colley Cibber

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Queans Author(s): Colley Cibber